1. Do you think that Sofia really changed?
  2. How long do you think that she will continue to see Manuel?
  3. Do you believe the action that the sisters did to practically “snitch” out Sofia and Manuel?
  4. What do you think Carla meant by saying “These baby monkeys were kept in a cage so long, they wouldn’t come out when the doors were finally left open. Instead, they stayed inside and poked their arms through the bars for their food, just out of reach?”
  5. Do you think the girls mother will ever invent something worth while?
  6. Should Yolanda have the right to have read the speech that her father tore up? Or was the dad right? Do you think he over reacted?
  7. Did Yolanda have the right to call her dad “Chapita?” Who is “Chapita?”


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Discussion Director

1) Why is that Yolanda is so afraid of the men who only came to help her with the flat tire?

2) What were the colors of each of the four girls?

3) Which of the four sisters was the one that always had a boyfriend?

4) What was the the saying that followed the statement,"Four girls and no boys?"

5) When the father of the four girls found the love letters of Sofia and her lover, what was his excuse for looking through her dresser?